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Originally Posted by The Flying Mouse
The normal fan, the sane fan, can seperate the politics from the music.
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Bringing the band to perform at a political rally doesn't seem much like separating the politics from the music to me. Had Meat merely used his own vote rather than attempting to use his fame to try to influence others political decisions, this discussion wouldn't exist.
Unless everyone in the band is a Republican, that shows a lack of respect for them.
Unless L'il Jon gave his permission for his recorded performance to be used at the rally, that shows a lack of respect for him.
Telling people to argue with their friends and family is asking people to show a lack of respect for those people.
All of this, I find very out of character.
To those who don't mind a celebrity telling them who to vote for and who don't consider it pompous and ridiculous for that person to tell them to argue with family rather than respect their views, more power to you. No I won't be burning my albums or missing concerts because of this, but Meat basically using his fanbase and his fame to try to tell people how to vote makes me respect him less, as does him giving a huge unqualified endorsement to someone we later find out he completely disagrees with on numerous important topics of civil rights.